Court sentences 28 collaborators

“A Beirut military court sentenced 28 people on Wednesday, after convicting them of collaborating with “Israel”.
Two of the men, Fadi Asaad Qassem and Ali Mahmoud Olleiq, will serve hard labor terms of six and seven years respectively.
Both were “Israeli”-allied informers posing as inmates in Khiam prison. Six others were convicted in absentia and received sentences of 15 years of hard labor, although they are eligible for retrial if they surrender or are arrested. The men are believed to be among the 6,000 Lebanese who fled to “Israel” before the Jewish state concluded its withdrawal on May 24.
The rest of the defendants received prison sentences ranging between three weeks and two years, with additional fines of up to LL2 million. The court also banned the convicts from returning to their home areas for up to two years after serving their sentences.
Brigadier Maher Safieddine, presiding over the court, dropped charges against two other suspects, ruling that their acts lay outside the statute of limitations.
This latest batch of defendants was the 21st since the court began examining collaboration cases on June 5. The majority of the accused were members of the defunct militia. The total number of convicted collaborators now stands at 975.

The Daily Star, 11-8-2000.